Person: Richard Corbridge

Cost of HSE’s €35m IT system continues to rise

An IT system for maternity hospitals that came with a €35m price tag has cost the HSE hundreds of thousands in additional consultancy fees.

Mon, 12 Jun, 2017

CUMH leads the way as Irish system goes digital

It cost €35 million and involved 9,400 hours of staff training but a new electronic health record (EHR) for babies at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) will alert doctors to the possibility of sepsis and prescribing errors.

Mon, 05 Dec, 2016

50,000 healthcare staff with no direct computer access in their care setting

Almost 50,000 healthcare staff have no direct computer access in their care setting, a figure that was described as “shocking” by the Oireachtas committee on the future of healthcare.

Thu, 15 Sep, 2016

Staffing in maternity services is in crisis with ‘severe lack of confidence and under-investment’ in hospitals

There is a severe lack of public confidence and a chronic under-investment in the Irish maternity services, the Master of the Coombe has said.

Tue, 13 Sep, 2016

HSE to spend €875m on health records system

The HSE is to spend up to €875m rolling out a national electronic health record system (EHR) that will enable patient information to be instantly accessed by approved medical personnel.

Tue, 22 Mar, 2016

Patients to get unique number for lifetime

Steps have been developed for the operation of an electronic system to identify everyone using health and social care services.

Thu, 06 Aug, 2015